diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c6aa38c5..b2a26b24 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anes"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.14"
@@ -312,6 +318,19 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "benchmarks"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "criterion",
+ "futures-util",
+ "serde_json",
+ "swiftide",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -405,6 +424,12 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cast"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.99"
@@ -432,6 +457,58 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42e69ffd6f0917f5c029256a24d0161db17cea3997d185db0d35926308770f0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "ciborium-ll",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-io"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05afea1e0a06c9be33d539b876f1ce3692f4afea2cb41f740e7743225ed1c757"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-ll"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57663b653d948a338bfb3eeba9bb2fd5fcfaecb9e199e87e1eda4d9e8b240fd9"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "half",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5db83dced34638ad474f39f250d7fea9598bdd239eaced1bdf45d597da0f433f"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7e204572485eb3fbf28f871612191521df159bc3e15a9f5064c66dba3a8c05f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b82cf0babdbd58558212896d1a4272303a57bdb245c2bf1147185fb45640e70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -499,6 +576,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anes",
+ "cast",
+ "ciborium",
+ "clap",
+ "criterion-plot",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "oorandom",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytemplate",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-plot"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cast",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -524,6 +637,12 @@ version = "0.8.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "22ec99545bb0ed0ea7bb9b8e1e9122ea386ff8a48c0922e43f36d45ab09e0e80"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crunchy"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -1042,6 +1161,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6dd08c532ae367adf81c312a4580bc67f1d0fe8bc9c460520283f4c0ff277888"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crunchy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1522,12 +1651,32 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f518f335dce6725a761382244631d86cf0ccb2863413590b31338feb467f9c3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f23ff5ef2b80d608d61efee834934d862cd92461afc0560dedf493e4c033738b"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8478577c03552c21db0e2724ffb8986a5ce7af88107e6be5d2ee6e158c12800"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0fd2260e829bddf4cb6ea802289de2f86d6a7a690192fbe91b3f46e0f2c8473"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -1908,6 +2057,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oorandom"
+version = "11.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.64"
@@ -2088,6 +2243,34 @@ version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a15b6eccb8484002195a3e44fe65a4ce8e93a625797a063735536fd59cb01cf3"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "plotters-backend",
+ "plotters-svg",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-backend"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "414cec62c6634ae900ea1c56128dfe87cf63e7caece0852ec76aba307cebadb7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-svg"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81b30686a7d9c3e010b84284bdd26a29f2138574f52f5eb6f794fc0ad924e705"
+dependencies = [
+ "plotters-backend",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -3132,6 +3315,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "time-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytemplate"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4d6b5f19ff7664e8c98d03e2139cb510db9b0a60b55f8e8709b689d939b6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7bb35888..b9ec21c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["swiftide", "examples"]
+members = ["swiftide", "examples", "benchmarks"]
 resolver = "2"
diff --git a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba2d47b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "benchmarks"
+version = "0.0.0"
+publish = false
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
+swiftide = { path = "../swiftide/", features = ["all"] }
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+serde_json = "1.0"
+criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["html_reports"] }
+anyhow = "1.0"
+futures-util = "0.3"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "fileloader"
+path = "fileloader.rs"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benchmarks/fileloader.rs b/benchmarks/fileloader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ff11a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/fileloader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use futures_util::stream::TryStreamExt;
+use swiftide::{ingestion::StreamExt, traits::Loader};
+
+async fn run_fileloader(num_files: usize) -> Result<usize> {
+    let mut total_nodes = 0;
+    let mut stream = swiftide::loaders::FileLoader::new(".")
+        .with_extensions(&["rs"])
+        .into_stream()
+        .take(num_files);
+
+    while stream.try_next().await?.is_some() {
+        total_nodes += 1;
+    }
+    assert!(total_nodes == num_files);
+    Ok(total_nodes)
+}
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("load_1", |b| b.iter(|| run_fileloader(black_box(1))));
+    c.bench_function("load_10", |b| b.iter(|| run_fileloader(black_box(10))));
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);